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A Glitch in the Matrix

2021 · 108 min

A mind-bending, slightly unsettling documentary that makes you question reality through eerie avatars and unsettling true stories.

Tagline: True stories / False realities
Overview: Are we in fact living in a simulation? This is the question postulated, wrestled with, and ultimately argued for through archival footage, compelling interviews with real people shrouded in digital avatars, and a collection of cases from some of our most iconoclastic figures in contemporary culture.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, madness, technology, obsession
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
madness
technology
obsession
isolation
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: documentary
true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none